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Horse profile

This Is Serious (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2005) · Last trainer C F Swan · Last owner Granit City Syndicate
by Broken Hearted (GB) out of Lady Virtue (GB) (Oats)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Apr 2005 — 7,861 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2005 Last raced off OR 123
KTB Profile

This Is Serious (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
Official rating123↓ 6lb off peak
123 102–129

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 97C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 15 Feb 2005 Official rating 123 at the last run, 28 Apr 2005

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 97C · median 89
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Heavy397C89—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m297C82—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 6 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 6 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Broken Hearted (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 655 runs since Jan 2008 (78 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11218.2%+10.7—
Good to Firm6757.5%0—
Good15295.9%−1.6—
Good to Soft67710.4%+2.9—
Soft213157%−0.50 from 2
Heavy143117.7%+0.20 from 4
Standard (AW)200%−7.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f200%−7.5—
1m5f – 2m136128.8%+1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f283207.1%−0.40 from 1
2m5f – 3m192147.3%−0.20 from 3
Over 3m4237.1%−0.40 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lady Virtue (GB) (Oats)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
D G Hogan 4 0 0% −4.00
J F Levins 1 0 0% −1.00
D J Casey 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 6 runs
28 Apr 05+42d Punchestown Tattersalls (Ire) Ltd. Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-145) 3m1f · Soft · 21 ran PU/21 — 10-7 123— J F Levins 33/1
17 Mar 05+11d Down Royal Tennent's No.1 Chase 3m2f · Yielding · 6 ran PU/6 — 10-9 125— D G Hogan 12/1
06 Mar 05+19d Leopardstown Mick Holly Memorial Handicap Chase 2m5f · Heavy · 10 ran UR/10 — 9-3 129— D G Hogan 25/1
15 Feb 05+10d Punchestown Buy Your Tickets On-line Handicap Hurdle (74-109) 3m · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 13/17 6 11-6 10297C D J Casey 20/1
05 Feb 05+16d Naas Colm Callan Handicap Hurdle (74-109) 2m3f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 19/25 2 11-2 10589C D G Hogan 20/1
20 Jan 05 Gowran Park Goulding Thyestes Handicap Chase 3m · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 14/18 20 10-6 12567C D G Hogan 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has This Is Serious won?
This Is Serious (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained This Is Serious?
This Is Serious (IRE) was trained by C F Swan on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 28 April 2005.
Who is This Is Serious's sire?
This Is Serious (IRE) is by Broken Hearted (GB) out of Lady Virtue (GB), whose sire is Oats.
What is This Is Serious's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 123, from the run on 28 April 2005. The highest on record is 129.
What is This Is Serious's sire's record?
Broken Hearted (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 655 runs since Jan 2008 (78 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from January 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.